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nick setyan joins us now. he's restaurant analyst at wedbush securities. >> susie: so, nick, you told me you were disappointed when the numbers first came out on chichipotle, and after you listened in, you were encouraged. what is that? >> they had already announced the quarter. when i saw the unit growth, that was disappointing to me because lastiÍa they opened 180 units, and that signifies to me not only a slowing growth rate on the unigrowth side, but a slowing in terms of the absolute number of openings. that indicates a little bit of overpenetration. when i had conversations with some of the managers, they tell me one of the biggest things for slowing transaction trends is that there is a store that opens up next door. >> susie: all right. they are trying -- they announced they are going to be trying some new menu options, vegetarian food. they're going to have a catering business. is this going to help them to stay ahead of the competition? they're also opening more stores. >> the caters business, certa
nick setyan joins us now. he's restaurant analyst at wedbush securities. >> susie: so, nick, you told me you were disappointed when the numbers first came out on chichipotle, and after you listened in, you were encouraged. what is that? >> they had already announced the quarter. when i saw the unit growth, that was disappointing to me because lastiÍa they opened 180 units, and that signifies to me not only a slowing growth rate on the unigrowth side, but a slowing in terms of the...
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to play harder and induce us to expect more than ever before." is the federal reserve, as you heard the chairman lay out, feeding this arrogant cycle? >> i think absolutely. for them to take credit for non-inflation, when it is a sign of anemic recovery is pushing the envelope a little bit. i think, also, for people to begin to think that the fed is going to back stop this market any time it is going to go down and we can't lose, creates more and more danger in the marketplace. i think investors should pay close attention to balance sheets, cash flows, and be very careful. this feels very artificial to me. >> tom: while the chairman may not have been as bullish on continuing to buy bonds because of the two-day stock decline we saw recently, it certainly goes without saying, though, he was supportive of the economy, supportive of that strategy, and we saw the subsequent reaction in the stocks. >> and he said he didn't find stocks overvalued at this point. he thought they were reasonably challenged. fed chairmans of years gone by said they didn't c
to play harder and induce us to expect more than ever before." is the federal reserve, as you heard the chairman lay out, feeding this arrogant cycle? >> i think absolutely. for them to take credit for non-inflation, when it is a sign of anemic recovery is pushing the envelope a little bit. i think, also, for people to begin to think that the fed is going to back stop this market any time it is going to go down and we can't lose, creates more and more danger in the marketplace. i...
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the most six most used words. >> americans. americans. >> people must work. >> joe deaux. thestreet.com for n.b.r. >> susie: there's a lesson to learn from the struggles of smartphone maker blackberry. it's important to remember that sometimes you have to take a big risk in order to reap the rewards. sports analyst rick horrow explains in this week's "beyond the scoreboard." >> in the next few weeks, blackberry will begin selling its highly anticipated q-10 and z-10 smartphones with the hopes of regaining market share. and unlike other companies in the cell phone space-- like service providers at&t and verizon, and device maker samsung-- blackberry has never been an aggressive spender on sports advertising or sponsorship within the u.s. it's been on the edge with instead of directly in the game. the company's highest-profile north american deal is as an official partner of the n.h.l. however, as executives try salvaging a stock down 75% over two years, blackberry finally may be suiting up. the company spent nearly $4 million to
the most six most used words. >> americans. americans. >> people must work. >> joe deaux. thestreet.com for n.b.r. >> susie: there's a lesson to learn from the struggles of smartphone maker blackberry. it's important to remember that sometimes you have to take a big risk in order to reap the rewards. sports analyst rick horrow explains in this week's "beyond the scoreboard." >> in the next few weeks, blackberry will begin selling its highly anticipated...
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the use of those clawback measures jumped from 7% to 13% in 2012. the use of these measurers and the pressure on bonuses could have longer lasting effects in finance. >> you don't have that bonus all coming in cash up front anymore. consequently, base salaries become more important. so, i think, in order to attract talent, firms are going to have to ante up a bit more on the base package than they used to, and that's going to have an impact to cost structures on wall street, as well. >> reporter: those bonuses also are an indicator of the health of the economy. wall streeters use their annual windfalls to buy new homes, cars and stocks-- investments that can give an economic boost to main street, as well. >> tom: tomorrow on "n.b.r.," the battle over just where martha stewart can sell her namesake goods. we'll get an update as macy's lawsuit against j.c. penney makes its way to a new york courtroom. tiger woods, lance armstrong, and now the olympic runner and amputee oscar pistorius-- all disgraced athletes, and all were paid big bucks to promote pr
the use of those clawback measures jumped from 7% to 13% in 2012. the use of these measurers and the pressure on bonuses could have longer lasting effects in finance. >> you don't have that bonus all coming in cash up front anymore. consequently, base salaries become more important. so, i think, in order to attract talent, firms are going to have to ante up a bit more on the base package than they used to, and that's going to have an impact to cost structures on wall street, as well....
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nick setyan joins us now. he's restaurant analyst at wedbush securities. >> susie: so, nick, you told me you were disappointed when the numbers first came out on chipchipotle, and after you listened in, you were encouraged. what is that? >> they had already announced the quarter. when i saw the unit growth, that was disappointing to me because lastiÍa they opened 180 units and that signifies to me not only a slowing growth rate on the unigrowth side but a slowing in terms of the absolute number of openings. that indicates a little bit of overpenetration. when i had conversations with some of the managers, they tell me one of the biggest things for slowing transaction trends is that there is a store that opens up next door. >> susie: all right. they are trying -- they announced they are going to be trying some new menu options, vegetarian food. they're going to have a catering business. is this going to help them to stay ahead of the competition? they're also opening more stores. >> the caters business, certai
nick setyan joins us now. he's restaurant analyst at wedbush securities. >> susie: so, nick, you told me you were disappointed when the numbers first came out on chipchipotle, and after you listened in, you were encouraged. what is that? >> they had already announced the quarter. when i saw the unit growth, that was disappointing to me because lastiÍa they opened 180 units and that signifies to me not only a slowing growth rate on the unigrowth side but a slowing in terms of the...
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also follow us on our facebook page at bizrpt. and on twitter @bizrpt. [ ♪music ] >> the economic problems in the neighborhood of west oakland have created a variety of artistic opportunities, not only for those who need space, but for those who need their voices heard. >> bruce beasley: if you make art for the market, you won't make good art. so you have to excite yourself and then you'll hope you'll excite other people. >> this time on spark, a few stories from west oakland. [ ♪music ] >> major funding for spark is provided by the william and flora hewlett foundation, supporting creativity and innovation in the arts since 1967. and by the kqed campaign for the future program venture fund with additional support from the walter and elise haas fund the george frederick jewett foundation the marin community foundation the koret foundation the phyllis c. wattis foundation and diane b. wilsey. >> sculptor bruce beasley has worked in this west oakland complex since 1964. large scale geometric pieces. bruce grew up in los angeles m
also follow us on our facebook page at bizrpt. and on twitter @bizrpt. [ ♪music ] >> the economic problems in the neighborhood of west oakland have created a variety of artistic opportunities, not only for those who need space, but for those who need their voices heard. >> bruce beasley: if you make art for the market, you won't make good art. so you have to excite yourself and then you'll hope you'll excite other people. >> this time on spark, a few stories from west...
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and charities can use it right away. but charities who can take stock actually really like appreciated securities because you can sell them right away and turn it into cash. >> tom: is that preferred, though, over just the cold hard cash or the credit card contribution? >> well the credit card contribution is good but the credit card company takes a few percent off the top. so if you think you're giving a hundred dollars on-line, you're really giving $97. if you're giving cash, you can give the full amount. but one of the things about appreciated securities is that donors who give appreciated securities often give larger gifts. so charity's like that and it's pretty inexpensive to sell the security. the other nice thing is the donor gets to deduct the full market value of the gift. so if you pay $10 and just a hundred you get to deduct the $100 and avoid capital gains tax. it's way more gifting of appreciated securities than i think people really know. >> tom: we heard the jingle about donating your car. how about other
and charities can use it right away. but charities who can take stock actually really like appreciated securities because you can sell them right away and turn it into cash. >> tom: is that preferred, though, over just the cold hard cash or the credit card contribution? >> well the credit card contribution is good but the credit card company takes a few percent off the top. so if you think you're giving a hundred dollars on-line, you're really giving $97. if you're giving cash, you...
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. >> susie: president obama also used last night's speech to push for an increase in cyber security. his proposal set the stage for a fresh debate on the urgency for cyber-security. the president made the case that america's power grid, financial institutions and air traffic control systems, are vulnerable to attacks. so he's calling on congress to pass legislation to give the u.s. government the capacity it needs to secure our networks. the president also issued an executive order, to create cyber security standards for u.s. businesses, and for the government to share more information about threats. but cyber security experts, say while that sounds easy, it's hard to do. >> you can't just inform one party necessarily, you might really have an obligation as a government to inform every player in a sector, and then of course that's a high bar, because you're sharing the information with a lot of people which increases the likelihood that it might get out back into the wrong hands. >> susie: beckstrom says the threat of cyber attack or manipulation to critical infrastructure like the p
. >> susie: president obama also used last night's speech to push for an increase in cyber security. his proposal set the stage for a fresh debate on the urgency for cyber-security. the president made the case that america's power grid, financial institutions and air traffic control systems, are vulnerable to attacks. so he's calling on congress to pass legislation to give the u.s. government the capacity it needs to secure our networks. the president also issued an executive order, to...
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he joins us from boston. john, it's great to see you again r most of those mutual fund investors taking too much risk with bonds? >> well, tom, the important thing to think about with bonds is that we've had a flight to bonds as a safety mechanism. people have gotten concerned about the volatility in the equity markets and moved their portfolio to bonds. what we ask folks to i have about is how much bond portfolio dow need in your portfolio. has to be a balanced mix and we ask folks to think about the time horizon in which they need to use the money. most people obviously focused on retirement. i think with the demographic shift of people ageing in america we going to continue to see people continue to buy bonds as they put more ballast in their portfolio. i want to caution though and say that at the same time you need to have some significant equity exposure on rising that investors might make as they approach retirement is they need to have some equity exposure to make sure they can last and combat inflatio
he joins us from boston. john, it's great to see you again r most of those mutual fund investors taking too much risk with bonds? >> well, tom, the important thing to think about with bonds is that we've had a flight to bonds as a safety mechanism. people have gotten concerned about the volatility in the equity markets and moved their portfolio to bonds. what we ask folks to i have about is how much bond portfolio dow need in your portfolio. has to be a balanced mix and we ask folks to...
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what einhorn is proposing is that apple pay out more of its cash hoard to investors, using a special kind of preferred stock. einhorn has a lot at stake: his fund owns more than one million shares of apple, and while the stock rose a bit today, it's down 35% since its peak of $700 last september. late today apple issued this statement: "apple's management team and board of directors have been in active discussions about returning additional cash to shareholders. as part of our review, we will thoroughly evaluate greenlight capital's current proposal to issue some form of preferred stock." >> susie: joining us now with more, brian white, tech analyst at topeka capital markets. so brian, a lot going on in this battle. what's your take. i know you were talking to some people at green light today. what's your take on david ianhorn's strategy, and does it make sense in. >> well, i think it makes a lot of sense. and a lot of investors are frustrated about the lack of crash distribution from apple. and i think the argument really reached in deflection point today. so i think we'll see some
what einhorn is proposing is that apple pay out more of its cash hoard to investors, using a special kind of preferred stock. einhorn has a lot at stake: his fund owns more than one million shares of apple, and while the stock rose a bit today, it's down 35% since its peak of $700 last september. late today apple issued this statement: "apple's management team and board of directors have been in active discussions about returning additional cash to shareholders. as part of our review, we...
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our partners from harvard, stanford, wharton and vanderbilt, bring us vast knowledge about business issues. and you can read in-depth articles at: www.nbr.com, just look for the "nbr-u" tab. tonight, the bond market rally has lasted for a generation. with interest rates at historic lows, there is concern rates have only one direction to go, and that will push bond prices down. i spoke with franklin allen, professor at the wharton school, and began by asking whether he thinks the 30 year bull run in bond prices, is coming to an end. ask. >> it may do but i woon be sur prised if it went on for a little bit longer. >> when it does end will it be with a whimper or with more of a bang? >> it depends very much what happens between the president and congress in the negotiations about the budget deficit this year, i think. >> we certainly saw in 1994 the last time we had a really big move in a very fast move in interest rates, they moved higher pretty quickly. could we see the same thing if there is no long-term resolution? >> i think it is unlikely that we'll see a very fast move if there's no lo
our partners from harvard, stanford, wharton and vanderbilt, bring us vast knowledge about business issues. and you can read in-depth articles at: www.nbr.com, just look for the "nbr-u" tab. tonight, the bond market rally has lasted for a generation. with interest rates at historic lows, there is concern rates have only one direction to go, and that will push bond prices down. i spoke with franklin allen, professor at the wharton school, and began by asking whether he thinks the 30...
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whether you give, i giving or anyone else gives, it costs us money. it's a choice, and it's a choice we don't benefit from. i don't look at it when i choose to give each year as a deduction. i sit down with my wife and decide how much money we can afford to invest in community action. and we think how much more can the charity get with the tax deduction added in. it's about extending the value what i am already giving away. >> tom: a three to one return on investment is the statistic you got, right? >> that's a statistic that comes out of giving u.s.a. i think that's a pretty good rate of return. and if any stock i invested in showed that, i would be a pretty happy guy. >> tom: good point. we have to leave it there. add waw who heads up the associate of fund-raising professionals. >> thanks. >> tom: monday, with the markets closed for presidents' day, we dive deeper into giving social investing and corporate citizenship. it's conscious capital, an "n.b.r." special edition.. you can read more about charitable giving and corporate responsibility on n.b.
whether you give, i giving or anyone else gives, it costs us money. it's a choice, and it's a choice we don't benefit from. i don't look at it when i choose to give each year as a deduction. i sit down with my wife and decide how much money we can afford to invest in community action. and we think how much more can the charity get with the tax deduction added in. it's about extending the value what i am already giving away. >> tom: a three to one return on investment is the statistic you...
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strategist david lefkowitz joins us. a comeback for wall street today, thanks to last night's stronger than expected results from hewlett-packard and its improved outlook. h.p. shares were the dow jones industrial average's best performer, up 12%. overall, the dow rose 119 points, the nasdaq added 30, the s&p up 13 points. this week, the major averages were split, the dow rose a fraction. the nasdaq lost nearly 1%, and the s&p was down 0.25%. >> tom: this april will be three >> tom: this april will be three >> a developing story, the governor in washington state, the office says the leak has not posed an immediate public health risk. the governor's office says the leak has not been stopped. a different story from a different energy source. this april will be three years since the deepwater horizon caught fire, sank and untapped the nation's worst oil spill. on monday in new orleans, the civil trial pitting the u.s. government and gulf coast states against b.p. is due to begin. ruben ramirez has a preview of the case and
strategist david lefkowitz joins us. a comeback for wall street today, thanks to last night's stronger than expected results from hewlett-packard and its improved outlook. h.p. shares were the dow jones industrial average's best performer, up 12%. overall, the dow rose 119 points, the nasdaq added 30, the s&p up 13 points. this week, the major averages were split, the dow rose a fraction. the nasdaq lost nearly 1%, and the s&p was down 0.25%. >> tom: this april will be three...
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they use all-natural products and fair-trade cocoa. that's cocoa that comes from farmers who use fair labor practices, and sustainable pricing. it's been a busy year, the two went from concept to prototype in four months and hit store shelves in september, the products are available in whole foods and other grocery chains along the east coast. >> i certainly think that with a line of baking mixes i think that a woman-owned business sort of makes sense to the consumer. >> reporter: women owned businesses are expected to lead the u.s. economic rebound, according to "women lead" author tracey wilen gaugenti. she says crowdfunding is leveling the playing field. >> crowdfunding is really a great opportunity for people to push there idea out there and work with others to get some funds in so it is increasingly very popular. >> reporter: mccoy and lovett used the crowdfunding website kickstarter to raise their first $20,000 for their first production run. one trend that's helped cisse, more people looking to cut costs and eat at home, it seem
they use all-natural products and fair-trade cocoa. that's cocoa that comes from farmers who use fair labor practices, and sustainable pricing. it's been a busy year, the two went from concept to prototype in four months and hit store shelves in september, the products are available in whole foods and other grocery chains along the east coast. >> i certainly think that with a line of baking mixes i think that a woman-owned business sort of makes sense to the consumer. >> reporter:...
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and it's not using up enough. so they've kept a lot in reserve, a lot of speculation coming to the market, and it's not getting used up. two, three weeks we have a great idea of where we will sit heating season wise. after that, down we go displuz for most of the u.s., households use natural gas. they don't use heating oil. and the ones that do are mostly in the northeast. so come march, will their pricees, their home bills be down? >> by the end of march, it will be much lower. 10% lower is what i'm estimating. >> susie: let me talk to you about gasoline because we've also seen gasoline prices have been going up every single day for the last 21 days and averaging $3.55 a gallon. where can we expect gasoline prices to go over the next couple of weeks? >> i think it's going to follow a similar trend of heating oil. i think we have another two to three weeks of somewhat higher prices. after, that i also think it's going to go down. the reason why, refineries are going to switch over to unleaded gas and there will be
and it's not using up enough. so they've kept a lot in reserve, a lot of speculation coming to the market, and it's not getting used up. two, three weeks we have a great idea of where we will sit heating season wise. after that, down we go displuz for most of the u.s., households use natural gas. they don't use heating oil. and the ones that do are mostly in the northeast. so come march, will their pricees, their home bills be down? >> by the end of march, it will be much lower. 10% lower...
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>> susie: joe, nice to have you with us on this important day. let me start by asking you, do you think the fed is taking on too much risk? >> i think there is an argument that can be made. we've had a concern for more than a year that there are both costs as well as benefits with respect to very aggressive monetary policy. and just some of the behavior we've seen in the financial markets. i know the report talked about excessive risk-taking. so i've had a concern that those costs associated with monetary policy may not have been given the sort of credence they should have been. so a positive development, in my mind, to today's minutes it was that federal reserve policy-makers were more aggressively talking about both the pros and cons wreaptwith respect to aggressive monetary policy. >> susie: one thing we've been hearing repeatedly from the federal reserve is they're not going to make any change in this policy, raising interest rates, until the economy is stronger. most notably that the job market picks up, and the unemployment rate gets to the
>> susie: joe, nice to have you with us on this important day. let me start by asking you, do you think the fed is taking on too much risk? >> i think there is an argument that can be made. we've had a concern for more than a year that there are both costs as well as benefits with respect to very aggressive monetary policy. and just some of the behavior we've seen in the financial markets. i know the report talked about excessive risk-taking. so i've had a concern that those costs...
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it's what they do to us. how they impact us. >> reporter: but, logos aren't just for art that's hanging on the wall. >> designers are kind of co- opting that tattoo cool and making temporary tattoos that go with their brand that makes sense because tattoos fit the body. they're a form of adornment just like fashion. >> reporter: marisa kakoulas says for big brands, its not so much about fighting people who want a polo pony on their chest or a gucci logo on their face. more of it comes down to who owns the tattoo, and if the person that gets it uses it in a commercial way to make money. think back to mike tyson's tattoo which ends up on ed helms face in the hangover 2. >> its when you take mike tyson tattoo and use it specifically in another context. in another medium and that's where people can get in trouble. for the most part, attorneys say there's a clear litmus test. >> if you fall on the side of creating a product. the chanel condom. the louis vuitton waffle iron. the other t-shirts that are out there, t
it's what they do to us. how they impact us. >> reporter: but, logos aren't just for art that's hanging on the wall. >> designers are kind of co- opting that tattoo cool and making temporary tattoos that go with their brand that makes sense because tattoos fit the body. they're a form of adornment just like fashion. >> reporter: marisa kakoulas says for big brands, its not so much about fighting people who want a polo pony on their chest or a gucci logo on their face. more of...
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